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Private Sector Jobs Report: From January 2012 to June 2012 – Hiring, unemployment, recovery

In 2012 we’ve seen the number of new private sector jobs decline each month.  The decline in job numbers has caused the stock market to plunge just about every month since January, though unemployment has kept a steady 8.0% or so.

Here’s an inventory of the private sector job numbers in 2012:

January 2012:  243,000 JOBS ADDED    source:  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72409.html

February 2012:  227,000 JOBS ADDED   source: http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/09/news/economy/jobs_report_unemployment/index.htm

March 2012:  120,000 JOBS ADDED     source:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/business/economy/us-added-only-120000-jobs-in-march-report-shows.html?pagewanted=all

April 2012: 63,000 JOBS ADDED   source:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/may-jobs-report-2012_n_1561315.html

May 2012: 80,000 JOBS ADDED   source:  http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/05/news/economy/jobs-report-unemployment/

(May 2012 REVISED TO: 69,000 JOBS ADDED   source:  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-06/companies-using-overtime-temporary-staff-to-meet-u-dot-s-dot-demand)

June 2012:  80,000 JOBS ADDED:   source:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/us-stocks-june-2012-jobs-report_n_1655102.html